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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1920
Page
4
The piece argues that democracy, equality, and woman suffrage advance like natural forces, immune to injunctions or delays. It asserts women are people with equal legal rights and oppor tunity, while noting obstructionists fail to halt progress and may even benefit by moving with it.
Obituary honors Col Gorgas for eradicating malaria and yellow fever in Panama Canal Zone and Cuba proving tropical work possible for whites. The piece notes future tropical adaptation advances and the canal’s survival depends on disease control. A second brief discusses freight figures and a Lynn Mase newsboys group backing Harding and Cox with questions on how rail pay raises affect public costs.
Mrs. George Bass, first woman to preside over a national convention, is hailed as the strongest woman in the Democratic party. A former Chicago Women’s Club president and suffrage leader, she organized Illinois suffrage supporters in 1916 and now heads the party's women’s bureau with plans for a national speakers’ bureau.
John and his friend walk past a church when bells sound grand. John praises the bells but cannot be heard due to the noisy bells. Willie's mother asks if prayers were said and if John asked to be a better boy, to which he replies yes and includes a jab about his father and himself.
A sharp editorial warns of a severe teacher shortage in Ohio and argues for a local tax levy to fund schools. It analyzes Ames Township and county figures, compares costs with and without a 3 mill levy, and urges voters to support state aid and bonds to avoid further educational decline.
Ohio farmers report a 20 to 25 percent drop in this year’s wheat yield versus last year. Harvest is underway with threshing in 10 to 14 days amid rains. Corn is late but progressing well, potatoes gain from rains, and some wheat fields face damage from the European grain stem saw fly, though investigations find no pest presence yet.
Carbon Hill residents and relatives are mentioned in a series of visits and travels. The list includes Mrs. Porter and daughter visiting New Straitsville. Mr. and Mrs. William Wingsman shopping in Columbus. Miss Jane Young returning from Lancaster. and Miss Daisy Powers honored at a surprise party. Several families visit Delaware, Green dale, Nelson ville, and Marietta, with others attending the funeral of Mr. Frank Joy of Lancaster.
Dearborn Independent for July 17 will declare Henry Ford's weekly support for a third party movement. The piece denounces both Republican and Democratic candidates and their platforms. It will not state Ford's own candidacy on a third party ticket.
A medical claim attributes eczema tetter boils pimples ulcers and scalp eruptions to a disorder of the blood. Local treatment is said to fail because the condition must be cured through the blood, according to radical rational treatment.
An advertisement urges readers to take a full S.S.S. course to root out disease germs and improve complexion. It promises blood cleansing and relief, offering free medical advice from the head physician at Swift Laboratory in Atlanta Georgia.
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